Qi Guanying looked deeply worried. "Mi Tianzun, your injuries are serious."
Mi Zhiben waved a hand. "My affairs are of no consequence. Go do what you need to do."
The Five Evils Defense Line was indeed of paramount importance. Qi Guanying said no more and threw himself toward the Primordial Imperial City.
He had thought that mobilizing Chan Jingmeng, expending some vital energy, and using some of the Investiture Platform's power to trade away Jiang Wang's advantage of roaming the Heavenly Sea alone would be a worthwhile deal.
But now, he could not make the calculations add up at all.
He felt somewhat heavy-hearted.
Jiang Wang of the Human Race had never been known for strategy, yet today a host of Celestial Demons had plotted over him?
What were they plotting?
"Mi Tianzun." Lu Zhi, who had only just attained the pinnacle, walked up to him. "With Ao Shuyi's death, did we originally have a chance to do something?"
Mi Zhiben glanced at him. "Do not let your thoughts run wild. Be careful not to turn cleverness into blunder."
After thinking for a moment, knowing Lu Zhi's temperament well in the end, he added, "I merely saw Jiang Wang's intentions. The opportunity does not exist now—it will arise from what Jiang Wang is going to do. If I had awakened a little earlier and put on a performance here today, the opportunity would have existed—but now it is gone."
He sighed softly. "This game of chess is not what you imagined. Nor is it what I imagined."
Over the course of his life, whenever he placed a piece, what fear had he ever had of contesting a chess game with another?
Jiang Wang had declared that there could be only one roamer in the Heavenly Sea. He deeply agreed. He